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0 pointsavip8y ago0 comments

It's an established metric that uses club salaries. Is it predictive? The top 4 on that metric are Brazil, Germany, France, Spain.

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paulcole8y ago· 2 in thread

Did I miss this year’s World Cup? How can something be predictive for an event that hasn’t happened?

profunctor8y ago

Weather forecasts predict weather that hasn't happened yet. What is the point in predicting something that has happened?

paulcole8y ago

I can say it’s going to rain 10 days from now based on whether it’s cloudy today. I wouldn’t say it’s a good prediction until it rains 10 days from now.

In other words: how effective has this salary prediction worked out in the past?

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